May 7, 2008: Obligatory GTA Post

Since every other news source on the planet has covered it, we're obligated to point out that, although Grand Theft Auto 4 was released last week, we haven't picked it up yet. Fox has played it, and enjoyed it. It is, as he confirms, "evolutionary, not revolutionary" -- the core of the game keeps the good stuff from the earlier games of the series, and adds incremental improvements.

There are, of course, the predictable howls of outrage as various watchdogs groups realize the storyline hits topics popular movies have explored for years. While I understand the concerns of parents groups, GTA4 is clearly labeled as "for Mature audience only." It isn't for children, any more than Reservoir Dogs or The Godfather were.-- Paul Chapman